Word: blades
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...exertion required of the men to row even at a very slow stroke has always been a great obstacle to a successful use of the tank. The volume of water is now much reduced and is considered a great improvement. The size and shape of the oar blade has been experimented upon till the management has seen fit to get a set of new oars which they think are the best that they have had for this use. This last improvement together with the smaller volume of water make the work a great deal lighter and seemingly more profitable than...
...last quarter mile the Bowdoin crew presented a remarkable sight, each man appearing to row without regard for the other seven and all slogging. On the last mile Harvard, on the other hand, got well together and exhibited remarkably smooth blade work. The only fault of the crew as a whole seemed to be a lack of drive with the legs...
...class crews the ninety-three men show the best body work, but '91 has decided advantage on blade work...
...marked difference, Yale taking it so slowly on their slides as to give the observer the impression that there was a 'hang.' Harvard, on the other hand, made a quick recover, and the arms, bodies and slides looked as if they were thrown aft in a bunch, the blade being thrown quickly down to the water at the catch." In 1887 the same difference was observable, though Harvard had a much faster crew. The Yale crew had a longer "hang" of the oars before entering the water, a slower start of the shoulders on the recover and a weaker finish...
...class crews have now been on the river for some time. Most of the men are so new that it is hard to tell what will happen to them. The seniors perhaps show the best form at the present day; their blade work is not very bad on the whole. The juniors are new, clumsy and heavy. Whatever may be said against them little can be brought out in their praise. The freshmen are new and excessively rough. No opinion can be formed of them; they are very heavy. The sophomores looked badly yesterday. They...